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Added 9 October 2026

feces

/ˈfiːsiːz/ noun

In Latin: stercus Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about feces at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Digested waste material (typically solid or semi-solid) discharged from a human or other animal's stomach to the intestines through the anus.

Origin

From Latin faecēs, nominative plural of faex (“residue, dregs”), further origin unknown; possibly borrowed from a substrate language.

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